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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 to Benjamin Rush re: thanks for lectures on medicine, mathematics; health, etc.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03248 Author/Creator: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Place Written: Petersburg, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 17 August 1811 Pagination: 2 p. : free frank ; Height: 25 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Signed twice on address leaf with Free frank written in another hand. Ford, Jefferson's Works, 11:211-13 and Butterfield, Rush Letters, 2:1073-76, 1098-1100. Written in Poplar Forest.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813

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